Dr Richard Blankley Ph.D
Experimental Officer
- Email: Richard.Blankley-2@manchester.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)161 701 0239
CADET Centre
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9WL
Role
Experimental Officer in Proteomics. Working in the Proteomics lab in the CADET centre.
Memberships of Committees and Professional Bodies
Research
Recent research activity is in pregnancy research, with interests around:
Biomarkers for pre-eclampsia and preterm labour
Activity of the placenta in the first trimester of pregnancy
Methodological Knowledge
Detailed mass spectrometry and HPLC knowledge
Biography
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry with Industrial Year (Imperial College, London)
PhD in Genetics (University of Manchester)
Collaborators and affiliated staff
Maternal and Fetal Health Research Group, St Mary's Hospital
Dr Jenny Myers
Prof Colin Sibley
Prof John Aplin
Publications
2009
- Blankley R, Gaskell SJ, Whetton A, Dive C, Baker PN, Myers JE. (2009). A proof-of-principle study demonstrates a gel-free proteomics strategy which could be applied to the identification of predictive biomarkers for the onset of pre-eclampsia. British Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology, 116, 1473-1480. eScholarID:1d33580 | DOI:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02283.x
- Blankley R, Robinson N, Crocker IP, Gaskell SJ, Whetton A, Baker PN, Myers JE. (2009). A Gel-Free Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of Factors Released From Hypoxic-Conditioned Placentae. Reproductive Sciences, 17, 247-257. eScholarID:1d33845 | DOI:10.1177/1933719109351320
2008
- Robinson N, Wareing M, Hudson NK, Blankley R, Baker PN, Aplin JD, Crocker IP. (2008). Oxygen and the liberation of placental factors responsible for vascular compromise. Laboratory Investigation, 88( 3), eScholarID:1d28175